Wagner: Orchestral Music / George Szell,Cleveland Orchestra [1992 SONY][FLAC]

George Szell was the greatest opera conductor who never recorded a complete opera. Early in his career, he decided to leave the opera house because he was unable to work with what he considered to be the compromising conditions of modern opera production. The most tantalizing recording he never conducted was the complete "Ring" for London. The honor went instead to Sir Georg Solti, and although Solti’s work was hardly inconsiderable, this exceptional disc gives us some sense of what we lost. In fact, if you can only afford to buy one Wagner disc, get this one. Not only is the playing incredible, the whole package is available at a budget price. It’s more than a bargain; it’s a steal. –David Hurwitz

Tracklist:
1. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (Scene 4)
2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: The Ride of the Valkyries (Act III, Scene I)
3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Wotan’s Magic Fire Musice (Act III, Scene 3)
4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Forest Murmurs (Act II, Scene 2) Listen
5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Down and Siegried’s Rhine Journey (Prologue)
6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Funeral march and Finale (Act III, Scenes 02 and 03
7. Die Meistersinger von N�rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Prelude to Act I
8. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Prelude to Act I and Transfiguration

FLAC

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Listening to this and it is indeed a masterwork. I have never heard Wagner this alive!!!

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